The national survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on September 29-30, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

One-in-four Americans (26%) think it's too easy these days for someone to become a U.S. citizen, while 17% think it’s too hard. Among those who think it’s too easy, 54% don’t think U.S. citizens should be allowed to also be citizens of other countries. Sixty-four percent (64%) who think it’s too hard to become a U.S. citizen support dual citizenship.

Fifty percent (50%) of Democrats and 46% of adults not affiliated with either political party think U.S. citizens should be allowed to be citizens of other countries. A plurality (43%) of Republicans disagrees.

Younger adults are far more likely to favor dual citizenship than their elders are.

Men are more inclined to oppose dual citizenship than women are.

Men are more likely than women to have considered giving up their U.S. citizenship. Democrats are less likely than Republicans and unaffiliateds to have considered it. But sizable majorities across all demographic categories have never given a thought to quitting their U.S. citizenship.

The national survey of 1,000 Adults was conducted on September 29-30, 2013 by Rasmussen Reports. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 percentage points with a 95% level of confidence. Field work for all Rasmussen Reports surveys is conducted by Pulse Opinion Research, LLC. See methodology.

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